Sales-Con-201 Sales Lifecycle Practice Question
An administrator is setting up Collaborative Forecasting and needs to include pipeline contributions from partner channels using partner user accounts. Which forecast configuration step is required to support partner forecasting?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Enable partner user forecasting in Forecasts Settings and include partner roles in the forecast hierarchy.
Partner roles and partner user access must be incorporated into partner forecasting settings or partner role hierarchies enabled in forecasting.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Convert all partner accounts to standard enterprise accounts with partner profiles.
Why it's wrong here
Partners require partner community/portal licenses and partner roles.
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Enable partner user forecasting in Forecasts Settings and include partner roles in the forecast hierarchy.
Why this is correct
Partner forecasting allows partners to submit forecasts and roll them up into partner manager forecasts.
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Use Experience Cloud sharing sets to roll up partner opportunities into internal user forecasts.
Why it's wrong here
Sharing sets govern record access, not forecast rollups.
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Create custom Opportunity Split types specifically for partner community licenses.
Why it's wrong here
Splits do not solve partner portal forecasting hierarchy requirements.
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